also: きりふかい
i-adjective
misty; foggy
Describes a landscape or scene where mist or fog is thick, often implying a deep, enveloping quality. Used in literary or descriptive contexts.
朝の山は霧深くて、何も見えなかった。
The morning mountain was deeply misty, and I couldn't see anything.
霧深い森の中を歩くのは少し怖い。
Walking through a foggy forest is a little scary.
Alternate reading; less common than きりぶかい.
A more common, analytic phrase meaning 'the fog is thick'. 霧深い is a single adjective with a more literary feel.
Compound of 霧 (きり, 'mist, fog') and 深い (ふかい, 'deep'). The reading きりぶかい is standard, with きりふかい as a less common variant.